Unfortunately this country is so brain washed and misinformed that simply the act of voting is all many of them consider to be democracy. What happens with those votes or done by the local governments or courts is kinda just not relevant in their minds. For at least my generation seeing FL steal the election for Bush and all the bullshit that they were able to get away with was a very clear wake up call that none of this shit is actually democratic. I know other stuff happened long before and long after but that was a defining moment for me